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SYS-CON Announces Readers' Choice Awards for SOA, Java, Linux, .NET, MX, ColdFusion, and XML Technologies
Also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry" the winners were chosen by more than 17,000 SYS-CON readers
Feb. 6, 2006 01:30 PM
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2005 SOA Web Services Journal Readers’ Choice Awards
Winners and runners-up in 21 award categories
1) Best SOA / Service-Oriented Architecture
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)
2) IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation (IBM)
3) Artix (IONA Technologies)
2) Best Application Server for SOA / Web Services
Winner: BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 (BEA Systems)
Runners-Up:
1) Sun Java System Application Server (Sun Microsystems)
2) JBoss Application Server (JBoss)
3) WebSphere Application Server (IBM)
3) Best Web Services Platform
Winner: Java EE (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
2) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)
3) Sun Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)
4) Best Web Services Integration Tool
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) Unwired Orchestrator (Sybase)
2) BEA WebLogic Integration (BEA Systems)
3) IBM WebSphere Integration Broker (IBM)
5) Best Integrated Services Environment
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM WebSphere Studio (IBM)
2) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)
3) Oracle JDeveloper 10g (Oracle)
6) Best Framework for SOA and Web Services
Winner: Java Web Services Developer Pack (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
2) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)
3) IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (IBM)
7) Best SOA IDE
Winner: NetBeans/Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (IBM)
2) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)
3) Visual Basic.NET (Microsoft)
8) Most Innovative XML Application
Winner: Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
Runners-Up:
1) eBay DevelopersProgram (eBay)
2) Flex (Adobe)
3) Call Control XML Interpreter (IBM)
9) Best XML Parser
Winner: Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
2) IBM XML Parser for Java (IBM)
3) Oracle SDK (Oracle)
10) Best GUI for SOA
Winner: Eclipse (Eclipse Foundation)
Runners-Up:
1) Ascential Real-Time Integration Solution (Ascential Software)
2) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
3) IBM WebSphere Software Platform (IBM)
11) Best SOA BPM Engine
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) Unwired Orchestrator (Sybase)
2) BEA WebLogic Integration (BEA Systems)
3) WebSphere Business Integration Modeler (IBM)
12) Best XML Utility
Winner: Java API for XML Processing (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) Exegenix Conversion Satellite (Exegenix)
2) XSLT Processor of Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
3) IBM DB2 XML Extender (IBM)
13) Best SOA or XML Training
Winner: Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack Tutorial (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM developerWorks Speedstart Web Services (IBM)
2) BEA dev2dev (BEA Systems)
3) IONA Web Services and SOA Foundation Course (IONA Technologies)
14) Best SOA Testing Tool
Winner: SOATest (Parasoft)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance with Rational Robot (IBM)
2) SOAPscope (Mindreef)
3) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
15) Best SOA Legacy Adapter or Utility
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) Artix Mainframe (IONA Technologies)
2) IBM Web Services Toolkit (IBM)
3) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
16) Best SOA Automation Tool
Winner: webMethods Fabric (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM WebSphere Studio (IBM)
2) Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
3) Enterprise Service Integrator (Software AG)
17) Best SOA or XML Site
Winner: java.sun.com/webservices (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM developerWorks (IBM)
2) xml.org (OASIS)
3) dev2dev (BEA Systems)
18) Best SOA Management Platform
Winner: webMethods Enterprise Services Platform (webMethods)
Runners-Up:
1) BEA WebLogic Platform (BEA Systems)
2) Infravio X-Registry Platform (Infravio)
3) IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Management (IBM)
19) Best SOA Security Solution
Winner: JWSDP XML and Web Services Security (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) IBM Tivoli Access Manager (IBM)
2) TransactionMinder (Netegrity)
3) Enterprise Service Integrator (Software AG)
20) Best SOA Portal Platform
Winner: Sun Java System Portal Server (Sun Microsystems)
Runners-Up:
1) webMethods Portal (webMethods)
2) BEA WebLogic Portal (BEA Systems)
3) IBM WebSphere Portal Server (IBM)
21) Best SOA Book
Winner: J2EE Web Services by Richard Monson-Haefel (Addison-Wesley)
Runners-Up:
1) Understanding Web Services: XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI (Addison-Wesley)
2) Developing Enterprise Web Services: An Architect’s Guide (Prentice Hall PTR)
3) Perspectives on Web Services (IBM)
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